A UK first edition of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has recently gone missing from a NY shop.  The copy was in jacket and had distinctive markings that include staining to the boards and a ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2012
The inaugural winners of the Andrew Carnegie Awards for Excellence in Literature were announced last Sunday at the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference. There were two prizes awarded... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following items have been reported stolen: Title : Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boethii De consolatione philosophiæ Libri v. (Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boethii Vita Iul. Martiano Rota sc... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Brazil announced yesterday that it will implement a new program called "Redemption through Reading" at four federal prisons. Inmates will have the opportunity to shave up to 48 days off their sentence... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Follow the link for a list of The Worst Book Titles and Covers, courtesy of the website So Bad So Good. My personal fave of those listed is It's Not Going to Get Any Better When You Grow Upclearly a ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A 1924 first edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot Investigates was recently sold at auction for a whopping £40,630 ($63,195.90) because of its very rare dust jacket, on which the famed Detective Poirot... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Nick Wilding of Georgia State University has announced on the EXLIBRIS mailing list his findings pointing to forgeries of Galileo material that appear to trace back to Marino Massimo de Caro, curren... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A small exhibit at the University of South Carolina at Columbia is currently displaying Joseph Heller's workstation. Heller's desk, lamp, and the typewriter on which he composed many of his major work... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Sylva Frutetum Authors : STEPHANUS, Carolus Date of publication : 1538 Publisher : Estien... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
'The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries', Jacques-Louis David A rare letter written by Napoleon written in English was auctioned off in an intense bidding war in Paris last Sunday, with P... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]